“If I’m the national average, I can start asking other women where they find nice-fitting bras,” she said. “I have trouble getting bras that fit me. I used to go to Perfect Fit, next to Slaters in town, but it shut last year. I went to Bravissimo for a while but found it quite expensive.

“And I don’t like Ann Summers underwear – their bras don’t support me.

“I’ve had Marks & Spencers and Debenhams bras but I find they go out of shape if I’ve worn them once or twice.

“I like Michelle Mone’s stuff and I’ve had a couple of Jordan bras. If you pay the money then they last.”

Since she works long hours, Marisia says she needs her bras to be extra comfy.

She added: “I need something with support that’s not going to rub.

“You’re not supposed to put your bras in the washing machine but I have to because I work in a chip shop and all my clothes smell of fish and chips.

“You don’t want to be sitting in the pictures and somebody next you smelling that. So everything goes in the machine on a double wash.”

Marisia says she’s not convinced by celebrity role models and believes many curvy stars have helped.

She said: “Celebrities can have an influence on women celebrating their curves but a lot of these celebs wear padded bras. They are like pancakes underneath. I don’t mean that nastily, but if you see them at the corner shop or with pyjamas on, they’ve got nothing.

“It’s their bra that is making them perfect. It’s all fake inside.

“I think a lot of them are airbrushed.”

Marisia’s idol is Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe.

She said: “She was a beautiful classic, curvy women. I love her classic, vintage look and she always knew how to dress for her figure. She even looked amazing when she wasn’t dressed up.”

I still feel too small - Lynn, 34DD

Lynn McNulty

Most women would be perfectly happy with a DD measurement, but not Lynn McNulty.

The 28-year-old student nurse is a 34DD but actually wishes that her boobs were bigger. And she even wears a push-up bra to give her extra lift from time to time.

Lynn – mum to Reece, seven, and Ava, five – used to measure a 36D before she had her children. But like many new mums, pregnancy took its toll on her cleavage and actually led to a reduced size.

She said: “I’ve gone down since I had my children. After I breast fed them both, my boobs shrunk a bit. I’d rather I was a bit bigger now.

“I was surprised that I’m average. I think I’m quite small.”

Lynn, from Eaglesham, near Glasgow, admits she’s envious of women with bigger boobs.

She said: “I’m jealous of friends who are bigger than me. One is 36GG and that’s her natural size.

“If I’m going out and have a nice dress on, I wear one of my padded bras to emphasise my chest more.”